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Show ~ eee. Of the Hiftorie of Plants. nn _Era5 Ofthe Hiftory ofPlants. q The Names. The Appletree is called in Greeke pane: in Latine, Afalus and Pomus : in high Dutch Opty pau: in low Dutch, Appelboois: in French,Pommier : in Englifh, Apple-tree. ‘ we The Grecians name the fruit via: the Latines,alamor Pomum: in high Dutch, Opfellin lo Dutch,Appel : in F rench and Spanifh,anfanas-in Englith, Apple. M Citar. 102 Of the Wilding or (rab tree. | The Kindes. « The Temperature. All Apples be of temperature cold and moift, and haue ioined with thema certaine excremen; tall or fuperfluous moifture: butas they benotall of like coldnefle,fo neither haue theylike quay titie offuperfluous moifture. They are fooneft rotten that hauegreateft ftore of moifture sina maybe longer kept in whichthereis leffe ftore: for the abundance of excremental] moiftureis the caufewhytheyrot. Sweet Apples are not fo cold and moift,which being roftedor boyled,or otherwife keprt,tetaing or keepe the foundnefle oftheir pulpe. : Theyyeeld morenourithment,and not fo moift a nourifhment as do the other Apples, and doe not fo eafily paffe throughthe belly. whereof to pe asthere be diuers manured Apples, foare there fundry wilde Apples, or Crabs, Write apart were tofmal] purpofe,and therefore one defcription fhall fuffice for the reft. Malis fyluefiris. The wilding or Crab tree. 2 7 They docafily and f{peedily paffe throughthe belly, and therefore they do mollifiethe belly, boughes many;the floures and fruit like thofe of the apple tree,fome red, others white,fome greater,othersleffer : the difference is known toall,thereforeit fhall fuffice what hath been faid for their feuerall diftin@ions : we haue in our London gardens a dwarfe kinde of fweet Apple,called Chamemalus, the dwarfe apple tree, or Paradife apple, which beareth apples very timely without grafting. winde,and often bring the Collicke, Thofe Apples which be of a middle tafte containein them oftentimes twoorthree fortsoftals, aiid yet do theyretaine the faculties of theother. q The Vertues. ‘Rofted Applesare alwaies better than the raw,the harm whereofis both mended bythe fireand may alfo be correéted by adding vnto rhemfeeds orfpices. Apples be goodforan hot ftomacke:thofe that are auftere or fomewhat harth doe frengthen a weake and feeble ftomacke proceeding ofheat. + Applesarealfo goodfor all inflammations or hot fwellings , but efpecially for fuch as aré ia lusfylueftris rubens, The great wilding or ted Crabtree: 2 cMalusfylueftris alba, The white of medicines that are dry:as arc Serapiumex pomis Reg isSaporis,Confectio Alkermes,and {ach like com- wilding or Crab tree : 3 Malus (ylueftris minor. The fmaller Crab tree : 4 Malus duracinafylues fri. The choking leane Crab-tree, f q The Place. s pofitions. There is likewife made an ointment withthe pulpe of Apples and Swines greafe and Rofe wa- ter,whichis vfed to beautifie the face, and to take away the roughneffe of theskinwhich is called night,within the fpace ofan houre, doth in one night cure thofethat piffe by droppes with great anguith and dolonr;the ftrangurie,and all other difeafes proceeding of the difficultie of making water;but in twife takingit, itneuer faileth in any : oftentimes’ there happenethwith the forefaid difeafes the Gonorthza,or running ofthe Raines, which it likewife healerh in thofe perfons, but —__ H.. credit. ~ : he Theleaues of the treedo coole and binde,and be alfocounted good for inflammations, in beginning. * € away Y Apples cut in pieces, and diftilled with a quantitie of Camphere and butter-milke, tak the markes and {carres gotten bythe {mall pockes, being wafhed therewith when they grow a their fate and ripeheffe : prouided rhat yougiue vnto the patienta little milk and Saffron,or™™ and mithridate todrinke,to expell to the extremeparts that venome which maylie hid, andas yer notfeene, The Crab tree groweth wilde in woods and Sek’ hedge rowes almoft euery where. @ The Time. The time anfwereth thofe of the garden. i gy The Names. Theirtitles dothfet forth their names in Latine and Englifh. notgenerallyinall, which my felfe haue often proued, and gained thereby both-crownesan¢ G_ Our Authorhere alfo (out of Taberus2 montanus)gauc foure figures, whereof I onely retaine the beft,with their feueral titles. « Ma- theirbeginning.if the fame be outwardlyapplied. D__ The iuice of Apples which be fweet and ofa middle tafte, is mixed in compofitions ofdivers medicines,andal fofor the tempering of melancholy humours, and likewife to mendthe qualities in fhops Pomatum: ofthe Apples whereof itis made. The pulpe of the rofted apples,in number foure or five, according to the greatnefle of the Applesiefpecially of the Pome-water, mixed ina wine quart of faire water,laboured together vatill it come tobeas apples and Ale, whichwee cal! Lambes Wooll, and the whole quart drunke laft at Hete be diuers wilde Apple PP trées not huf- and follid; the barke rough ; the branches or efpeciallybei ken before meat, ; Harfh or Auftere Apples being vnripe, are cold they ingender groffe bloud,andgreat fore of C q Thegencrall Defcription. ; banded, that is to fay not gtatted;the fruit whereof is harfh and binding: for bygrafting both Apples and Peares become more milde and pleafant. Thecrab orwildingtree growes oftentimes toareafonable greatneffe, equall with the Apple tree: the woodis hard, firme; Soure Apples are colder andalfo moifter : the fubftanceor pulpe of thefewhen theybeboiled doth run abroad,and retaineth norhis foundneffe: they yeeld a leffer noprifhment, and the fime rawand cold. A ee 1460 ©] The Temperature. ’ ‘ Ofthe temperature ofwilde apples hath beenefuufficiently fpoken inthe former Chapter. gq The Vertues. The inice ofwilde Apples or crabs taketh awaythe heate ofburnings, fealdings, and all inflam- Al mations ; and beinglaid on in fhort timeafterit is {calded,it keepeth it from bliftering. The iuice of crabs ot Veriuiceis aftringent or binding,and hath withall an abfterfiue or clenfing qalitie, beeing mixed with hard yeeftof Ale or Beere, and applied in manner of a cold oint- Ment,that is,fpread vpon a cloth firfewetin the Veriuiceand wrung out, and thenlaid to, taketh away the heat of Saint Anthoniesfire,all inflammations whatfocuer,healeth f{eab’dlegs, burnings and {Caldines wherefozuerit be. CHAP. Ggeess3 Cuaré LUNGDee soe ——— |
